Gabby Giffords Gun Control PAC Picks Its Winners

There won’t be a political penalty for Democratic senators who voted against last year’s legislation to expand federal background checks for new gun purchases.

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s gun control super PAC, Americans for Responsible Solutions, announced Tuesday that it will jump into seven Senate and four House races this year – but will stay out of campaigns involving Sens. Mark Pryor (D., Ark.) and Mark Begich (D., Alaska), who infuriated gun control groups when they voted against the bill last April.

“We don’t see any point in working against the efforts of Sens. Pryor and Begich,” said Pia Carusone, the PAC’s executive director. “That’s not part of the DNA of our group to defeat people who will be replaced by candidates that are even worse on this issue.”

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